Apr 30, 2000
There's another name for sensitivity screening, of course. It's called self-censorship. In Fahrenheit 451 some 64 years ago, Ray Bradbury prophesied that ever-increasing authorial sensitivity to Self-censorship of regime support in authoritarian states Self-censorship can be differentiated into two distinct forms: non-response – a neutral, “do not know”, or blank response; or falsification – an untruthful answer. The list experiment primarily focuses on the latter but, given increased anonymity, the propensity to non-respond is also reduced. Censorship vs. Self-censorship in the News Media - 2046
Self-censorship | Britannica
Self-censorship of regime support in authoritarian states Self-censorship can be differentiated into two distinct forms: non-response – a neutral, “do not know”, or blank response; or falsification – an untruthful answer. The list experiment primarily focuses on the latter but, given increased anonymity, the propensity to non-respond is also reduced. Censorship vs. Self-censorship in the News Media - 2046
Self-Censorship: Psychological Barriers for Transmitting
Self-Censorship | Definition of Self-Censorship by Oxford ‘The press practices self-censorship under government threat.’ ‘I am deeply bothered by the kind of self-censorship that has been going on in the arts, especially in the U.S.’ ‘The press gallery simply needs to resist self-censorship.’ ‘The most insidious form of censorship is self-censorship.’